WorksheetsThomas Hobbes and John Locke
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 9mins
What did Hobbes describe people as?
kindhearted
mean
generous
selfish
Hobbes' book was called...
Qur'an
Leviathan
Odyssey
Don Quixote
In Hobbes' mind, who should be in charge?
king
pope
queen
himself
Hobbes thought that a _ would be the best form of unitary, absolute government.
republic
monarchy
democracy
oligrachy
People give up some portion of their liberty in exchange for _, according to Thomas Hobbes.
legitimacy
security
oligarchy
antidisestablishmentarianism
Hobbes saw human beings as __________.
Kind and Selfless
Selfish and Aggressive
Self-Interested, but not always violent
Shaped by our experiences in life.
Why did Hobbes believe it was necessary to have all the power in the hands of 1 King?
It would prevent war and chaos
They could make rules faster
They could declare war against enemies of the kingdom
It would be easier to make decisions
According to John Locke, if the government didn't protect the people's natural rights, what could the people do?
Overthrow the government
Petition the government for their rights
Nothing, the people don't have rights
What role did the government have, according to John Locke?
Protect the people's natural rights
Take away people's natural rights
Help determine the people's natural rights
Tabula rasa theory suggests that people are born...
evil and need to be governed.
good and need no government.
a blank slate, neither good or bad.
to be in nature living with the animals.
Locke believed that the job of government was...
to create and enforce laws.
to give people as much freedom as possible.
to prevent the country from going to war.
to make the country as rich as possible.
The willingness of people to hand over their rights to rules in exchange for law and social order is called...
method of government
enlightenment agreement
social contract
US Constitiution
